Childhood vaccines are key to preventing diseases and epidemics, but growing numbers of parents choose to delay or refuse vaccination, for a variety of myths prevailing against vaccination. It is really a tough and bothersome task for physicians to convince people against those baseless myths that restrict them to accept vaccination for both their children and for themselves. The article outlines the real fact that can counter the long borne myth against immunization in the community.
The development of anti-vaccination mentality has several reasons like lack of education, lack of health awareness, an anti-vaccination campaign from the different section of society and websites etc. A complete knowledge about those misinformations prevailing in the community can help a physician to address the issue properly and in a convincing way to the patient and his/her family. Following are some…
